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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main reason why the Mardudjara people decide to leave their desert?
(a) They wanted the comforts of white society.
(b) Fear of reprisals from the white men.
(c) They were forced to leave by the white men.
(d) They were finding it hard to find water.

2. What is the Canning Stock Route?
(a) A trail used for transporting prisoners.
(b) A railway.
(c) A trade route.
(d) A long line of wells stretching across the desert.

3. Why does Kundilla conclude that the white soldiers mean them no harm?
(a) The soldiers are unarmed.
(b) The soldiers capture two Aboriginal men but then let them go unharmed.
(c) The soldiers offer them gifts in friendship.
(d) The soldiers tell them they mean no harm.

4. Who is Yellagonga?
(a) An Aboriginal god.
(b) A powerful spirit ancestor.
(c) A war-loving tribal leader.
(d) A peace-loving tribal leader.

5. What strange occurrence shatters the peace of the camp?
(a) One of the clan goes missing.
(b) A loud boom.
(c) A stranger arrives.
(d) A bad storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?

2. How long is the military outpost there for?

3. What is the Mardudjara?

4. How do the settlers allocate land?

5. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?

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